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Ahlab
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(fertile), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AH'LAB (fatness, fertility), a town in Asher held by the Canaanites, Jud 1:31; probably the place known later as Gash Halab or Chaleb, and which Robinson locates at el-Jish, near Safed, north-west of the Sea of Galilee.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
made of milk, or of fat; brother of the heart
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AH'LAB (fatness, fertility), a town in Asher held by the Canaanites, Jud 1:31; probably the place known later as Gash Halab or Chaleb, and which Robinson locates at el-Jish, near Safed, north-west of the Sea of Galilee.